This month's copy of 'Shipping Today & Yesterday' magazine features a 6½ page article including a variety of ship photos, from their 'Forgotten Fleets' series (their words) on the history of J & J Denholm.

Also of interest, a 8 page well illustrated spread on the development of O.B.O.'s entitled 'Versatile Bulk Carrier or Costly Mistake?'

At your newsagent now for only 3.65 of our UK Pounds ....

http://www.shippingtandy.com/

teb

12th March 2011, 03:48

This month's copy of 'Shipping Today & Yesterday' magazine features a 6½ page article including a variety of ship photos, from their 'Forgotten Fleets' series (their words) on the history of J & J Denholm.

Also of interest, a 8 page well illustrated spread on the development of O.B.O.'s entitled 'Versatile Bulk Carrier or Costly Mistake?'

At your newsagent now for only 3.65 of our UK Pounds ....

http://www.shippingtandy.com/

Would you know if the magazine is available in Australia (being a ex Denholm SM) would very much like to read the history!! regards Teb.

DCMARINE

15th March 2011, 13:20

This month's copy of 'Shipping Today & Yesterday' magazine features a 6½ page article including a variety of ship photos, from their 'Forgotten Fleets' series (their words) on the history of J & J Denholm.

Also of interest, a 8 page well illustrated spread on the development of O.B.O.'s entitled 'Versatile Bulk Carrier or Costly Mistake?'

At your newsagent now for only 3.65 of our UK Pounds ....

http://www.shippingtandy.com/
The March edition of "Sea Breezes" has a feature on the Carronpark's "Atlantic Ocean engine trouble" in 1960 by her then 3rd Mate. Master - MacLellan. Ch. Eng. - Abbott
www.seabreezes.co.im to order online.
Donald Campbell

John Cassels

15th March 2011, 19:51

OBO's , versatile bulk carrier or costly mistake ?,.

I can think of a better description but would possibly be too rude to post on
open forum.

muldonaich

15th March 2011, 21:30

come on john you loved them lol kev.

Ian Brown

16th March 2011, 15:26

OBO's brings to mind:
Wading chest deep in flooded duct keels trying to fit sheets of jointing round a rotton ballast main line with bandit tapes so we could get the ballast out while loading iron ore.
Cleaning the crude wax off nests of 'portable' heating coils before lifting them with a real Heath Robinson affair to stow under the hatches.
Finding cracks between the lower wing ballast tanks that I could locate with the sound of air whistling through them.
Trying to set up timber with wedges in upper wing tangs to stop the heated Dumai Crude running down into the double bottoms in B/As as it was really gassed up.
Looking back I did enjoy it but I must have used up a lot of my nine lives.

chadburn

16th March 2011, 17:10

Superb facilities compared to the old Tramp's, pity they did not include a soundproof rubber walled Cabin for those who completely lost it after the problem's that eminated from the running of these "Combination" vessel's.